Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs, income and commuting in Martin, ND
Working residents average 20 minutes each way, where North Dakota has 18 and the U.S. 26. 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 8% across North Dakota. Only 7% stay in Martin for work; outside it, McClusky is the main destination (7%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Martin by day and by night
On a workday 13 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Martin work
Where Martin clocks in
7% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Services make up most of the work in Martin
9 jobs are based in Martin.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Martin, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 9. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Martin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Martin takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Martin workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 49 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Martin
About 64% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Martin: questions
What is the median household income in Martin?
$43,750 (±$15,012) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Martin?
6.3%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Martin?
20 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Martin work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McClusky (7%, 28 mi), Fessenden (7%, 26 mi), Rolla (7%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Martin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Martin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Martin
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.